Time Lords and Star Cops: British Science Fiction Television in the 1970s-80s

by Philip Braithwaite

British science fiction television of the 1970s and 1980s is full of Machiavellian protagonists and fatalistic endings. It presents a complex world of moral and ethical dilemmas, appropriate to the emerging political landscape of Thatcherite Britain. This book analyses the science fiction series of the period - including Blake's 7, Doctor Who and Sapphire & Steel - alongside Britain's transition from social-democracy to neoliberal economics and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526187299
• ISBN13: 9781526187291
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 248 Pages